Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Let me again say, I verified with my staff that no waiver has come across my desk in relationship to employees. While there may be, today, yesterday and in the future a focus on one particular employee, I want to remind everybody that a definition of senior officers is close to 300 plus people. What I have asked my staff to do, is I want to make sure that we get this clear, is to research the severance potential post-employment contracting by a number of people. In this community, for example, and others and other deputies, to see if, in fact, any waivers that I have not seen, have taken place. I have to do that just out of respect for the system. I have every confidence. I, for one, have faith in the integrity of the public service. I, for one, believe that all government employees, when they take the oath of office, they take it seriously. I, for one, believe that the civil servants that many of us represent, understand the seriousness of their obligations and responsibilities. And the policy is clear and the rules and regulations are clear. One Minister, or one department cannot police them all.
The obligation and responsibility lies with the contracting departments. They know what the policies are, they know what the rules are, we have a quality civil service, that I have faith in, I am saying to you today, in my initial research yesterday and last night, there was no exemption, if you want, or no waivers came across my desk. I am attempting, as quickly as I can, to research all the other employees out there. All the other employees out there, and to determine if, in fact, it has taken place. When I get it done, I will provide the Members, as quickly as I can, with that information.